Chapter 2

OpenStack is a set of software tools that is used for building and managing cloud computing platforms for public and private clouds.The software consists of interrelated components that control the hardware pools of processing, storage and networking resources throughout a data-center.

There are at present two operating systems supporting OpenStack deployment using packstack which is a utility that uses Puppet modules to deploy various parts of OpenStack on multiple pre-installed servers over SSH automatically. Currently CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and compatible derivatives of both are supported, in our case it is CentOS.The whole procedure will be discussed thoroughly as and when the respective module comes up.

Let's quickly go through the stuffs discussed within the chapter.

1. Introduction to OpenStack

This part will give brief introduction to OpenStack.

2. Installation using packstack

This part will talk about the installation of packstack

3. OpenStack configuration

OpenStack do require some basic configurations depending upon the requirements. The configurations discussed are subject to this project and may vary with the changing requirements.

4. Launch instance in OpenStack

This part will give the guidelines to launch the instance and troubleshoot the errors coming along the way.

5. Integration of OpenStack with ManageIQ

When done with the packstack installation now it's time to integrate it with ManageIQ.This part will help with it.